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Tamara Bentley

Associate Professor

Tamara Bentley teaches broadly in the arts of China and Japan. Her research concentrates on relationships between visual and literary values in 17th century and 18th century Chinese and Japanese paintings and prints; as well as the international exchange of imagery in the early modern era. She has several articles published on the international circulation of prints in circa 1600 and on printed playing cards. She is particularly interested in issues of comparative print cultures, expanding public markets for art, trade, and the treatment of “otherness” in this era. She recently completed a book for Ashgate Press on the figurative images of the 17th century Chinese artist Chen Hongshou, which will be available in April 2012.

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The Figurative Works of Chen Hongshou (1599–1652): Authentic Voices/Expanding Markets

Through analysis of Chen’s figure paintings and print designs, Bentley examines the artist’s engagement with the values of “authenticity” and “emotion,” which were part of a larger discourse stressing idiosyncrasy, the individual voice, and vernacular literature.